Autographic register



Dec. 22, 1931. A. ROHNER AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed June 22, 1928 s Sheets-She'et 1 Dec. 22, 1931. a A. ROHNER 1,837,587

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Fil ed June 22, 1928 s Sheets-Sheet 2IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll,IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIA'01 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII zllli/Ibwl/ll/a kill/1111111111111-'IIIIIIIII/ Dec. 22, 1931.

A. ROHNER AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER Filed June 22, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3Patented Dec. 22, 1931- normna, or OSHKOSH, Wisconsin AUTOGRAPHIGREGISTER Applicationfiled June 22,

This invention relates in general to an autographic register and hasmore particular reference to the provision of means for insuring theregistration of superimposed sheets or strips at the time theyare'positioned for Writing or printingthereon. r

One of theprincipal objects of the present invention is to provide meansfor insuring the alignment by means of the perfora tions ina number ofsheets in strip form whereby the sheets will be drawn together intoaccurate register at or near the end of each advancing movement thereofto present them in exact registration at the time of the writing orprinting operation thereon.

Among the other objects of the invention are to provice means forvarying the length of feeding action for slips of different lengths; toautomatically advance and withdraw the registering means at the end ofeach feeding movement; to provide means for discharging one or moreslips and for retaining one of the slips within the register; to

' provide a slip'cutting shears adjustable from the outside of theregister; to provide a box in the register to receive slips out by'theshears; and in general to v provide the construction herein shown. 7 f

In the accompanying'drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevationtaken on the line 11 of Figure 9, of a register constructed inaccordance with the principles of this invention; Figures 2 and '3 arediagrammatic p views illustrating the operation ofthe registrationmechanism; Figure 4 is a sectional view taken'on the line H of Figure 9;Figure 5 is a' section taken on the line 55 of Figure 1; Figure 6 is asectional'view taken on the line 66 cfFigureQ; Figures 7 and8 are detailviews illustrating different positions of the hook and latch mechanismof Figure 6; Figure 9 is a plan view of a regis ter with parts brokenaway for clearness;

A Figure '10 is a perspective illustrating diagrammatically theoperation of the registration means; and Figure 11 is a detail viewillustrating the variation. of the feeding movement cam.

This invention relates to register for perforated sales slips or ticketswh ch are drawn 1928. Serial No. 287,410.

from a pack or unwound in multiple from a t common roll separateddat thewriting or printing location by carbon paper whichreproduces what iswritten or printed-on the top sheet upon those beneath it. It is desireable to have all of'these strips in exactregister at the time ofwritingor printing'thereon in order that what iswritten on the top sheet willbe reproduced in the proper location upon the'sheets below. :Infeedingfa number of stripsof'material from the same or separate rolls itis quite'difiicult to. keep the sev= eral strips inexact.registration'becauseof slippage, different sizes or diameters ofthe rolls, andthe like, and. the present invention provides means forengaging and feeding the strips a distance equal substantially to thelength of the. separate sales tickets and other means for positivelyengaging in the perforations of the several strips at or'neartheend ofeach feeding movement, at the same. time releasing the other engagingmeans and "positively drawing the strips forwardlyi tothe end of theirfeeding movement by the engagement of the perforations thereof.

2 Referring more particularly to the drawnumeral 12 is provided at oneend with an enlargement 13 for'receiving a multiple roll 14- of paper orthe like consisting, of a number of strips 8, 4: and 5' which passtogether from the roll along the bottomfoff the register over a rollerorbar-.15 and separately over the spacing bars 16 at the top of theregister, thence below an autographic opening 17 ;in the top plate 18..At one side of the register (see Figure 9) is a casing 19 for holdingone or more sheets 20 of carbon paper which are insertedtransverselybetween the strips 3', land 5 below the top 18 so that anywriting orprinting on the top sheet willbe reproduced upon the sheets below. Thecarbon sheets 20 are'removed transversely from the side vcasing l9 tobring new transferring portions below the opening 17 as required. I a rV a The strips pass together-between rollers mounted on shafts 21 and 22each of which 2 has a knurled portion 23 and 24for engaging andadvancing the strips as therollers are ings,a casing designatedgenerally bythe rotated.- :Below the shaft 22 is a shaft 25 havingrollers'26 forengaging t 1e lower strip 5 therebetween and turning itreversely, as clearly shown in Figure 4. The other strips 3 and 4 aredeflected upwardly by a top plate 27 extending between therollers 23 and24 and extending over the upper shaft 21 is an extension 28 of the topplate 18 T311611 has a sharp tearing edge 29 for engaging the upper21,22 and are provided at one end with interengagement but permit amovement of thejshafts 21 and 25 which is opposedby strips 3 and 4 asthey come from the rollers so that these projecting portions or salestickets may be easily severed from the re-v mainder of the strips afterthey are advanced by the feeding rollers. I p p I v To actuate thefeeding rollers the shafts interengaging gears 30 which maintain theirsprings 31-bearing directly against them. At

, V the other endjone ofthe shafts 21-has'a gear I 32 secured theretowhich meshes with a larger driving gear 33 mounted on a shaft 34 andhaving an operating: handle 35 secured thereto with a spring pressedhandle grip 36for rotatingit. The handle grip has a projection 36adapted to yieldingly engage an opening 37 a in asupplementary casing37at one side of theregister from which it is dise'ngaged after eachrotation by an outward pull on the grip.

I To releasethegripping rollers 23 and 24 from driving engagement withthestrips 3,

4 and 5,- shaft 21 is raised by a roller 38 mounted atone end thereofwhich comes into en gagement witha cam 39 carried by the driv- "inggear33 and adjustable in a curved slot 40 of the gear 33 by fasteningmeans 41, the gear ltself havlng an untoothed port on 33 as seen moreclearly in Figure 11, which forms anextension ofthe surface of cam 39' Ywhenit is desired to vary the length of operating engagement of the gear33 withits gear 32. When the shaft 21 is raisedby the cam 39 and the camportion 33 of the driving gear, the shaft 21 will not be rotated, thepaper strips-between the rollers 23 and 24 will not be advanced, and thevariation of these shaftraising members determines the length offeedingmovement of the strips 3,

' 4 and 5, and consequently provides for a variationof the length ofithesales slips which are used in'the reglster. Y

" Thus the movement of the rollers 23 and 24 which are pressed-towardeach other by the shaft engaging springs 31 islnterrupted he- I fore theend of movement of the driving wheel 33, and the last or aligningmovement of-thestrlps 3, 4'and 5 is accomplished in I the engagement ofspacedlaligning perforations 42 in the slips'by aligningjlingers Thenthese slips are brought up towardthe endof their feeding movement by therollers 23 and24, the ali'gningperforationsin the several strips may beout of register, as

shown in Figure 2, andthe feeding fingers V 43 which are held normallyin a -position below the'lowermost strip 5, as shown in Figure 4, arefirst raised into a position engaging the perforations, as shown inFigure 2, and

the fingers are then advanced in engagement with the perforations, asshownin Figure 3,

to ,movethe several strips together'into aligns V ment, and finally toposition the superposed Tooperate the feeding fingers 43 they are fixedin a transverse shaft 44 which extends through openings 45- in theopposite sides of the register. The shaft is mounted for rockingmovement in the upper ends of arms 46, the lower ends of whi'ch aresecured to atransverse shaft 47 mounted for rotation'in the sides of theregisterand extending beyond the sides thereof, At oneend of the'shaft'47 is an arm 48 extendingat the side of operating gear 33 andhaving an end Contact surface 49 adapted to be engaged by a pin orprojection 50 extending laterally from the gear 33 in a position behindorzfollowing the cam 39 so that the arm 48 will be engaged by theprojection to rock the shafts 46 and 44 when the feeding rollers 23 havebeen raised from feeding contact with the strips. c

At the otherend of the rollers 44 and 47 is a controlling mechanism forthe feeding fingers covered by a. casing extension 51, the

details ofthemechanism being shown more clearly in Figures 4, 6, 7 and8. A lever 52 is securedto, the shaft 44 having an exten sion 53 -nearthe shaft 44 arranged to'engage afixed projection '54 extending from thecasing 51 (see also Figure 9). The outer or 7 free end of the lever hasa projection 55 adapted to engage in a recess 56' of a block 57 securedto the outer side of the casing 12, the movement ofthe projection 55into the recess 56 being sufficient to rock the shaft 44 and the feedingfingers 43V upwardly to engage the aligning perforations of the registerstrips. To control the rocking or feeding movement of the lever 52, anarm 58'is mounted upon a rivet 59 projecting from the wall of the casing12, the armhaving a hook recess 60 near the extremity thereof r adaptedto engage the end-of the lever 52 'anditsprojection 55 and to seattheend of the 1ever52 in the recess '60. IT he arm 58;.and' theextension of lever 52 are "connected by a tension spring 61 and thearmf58 is. limited in its ,movement toward the: lever 52 by a projection62' at the side of the-casing 12 so that the reenter spring 61 tends toforce the projection at the end of lever 52 upwardly into engagementwith the recess 56 of block 57. The parts are held in their normalposition, as shown in Figure 6, by means of a spring 63 connected at oneend to the shaft 44, as shown more clearly in Figure 9 and connected atthe other end to a cross shaft 64 extending between the sides of theregister.

' The rocking movement of the arms 46 caused by the engagement of theprojection 50 of the feeding gear 33 with the cam surface 49 of the arm48 rocks the lever 52 endwise against the end of the arm 58 until theprojection 55 drops into the recess 56, as

shown in Figure 7 into which position it is forced by the spring 61.This first advances the aligning and feeding fingers 43, then raisesthem upwardly, as shown in Figure 2, and the continued rocking movement.of the arms 46 advances the feeding fingers in com tact with thealigning openings 42 to the position shown in Figure 3 at which time theextension 53 of the lever 52 engages projection 54, thereby rocking theopposite end of the lever 52 oppositely and out of engagement with therecess 56 into a position as indicated in Fi ure 8, inwhich the'hookrecess 60 of the arm 58 will snap over the end of the lever 52 and itsprojection 55 due to the action of the spring 61, thereby rocking theshaft 44 and the feeding fingers 43 downwardly and out of engagementwiththe aligning openings 42 so that when the contact projection 50slides out of engagement with the arm' 48 the controlling lever 52 willbe returned to thenormal position, as shown in Figure 6,without-re-engaging in the recess 56 of the block 57, the returningmovement of the arms 46 drawing the extremity of the lever 52and itsprojection 55 out of engagement with the hook recess 60, as shown inFigure 8, to the position where it is again ready for opera-v tion incontact with block 57, as shown in Figure 6. j Y

After the alignment of the strips 3, 4 and 5 they are in position toreceive writing or printing and when the lowermost strip is turnedreversely between the rollers 26 wltlr in the casing of the register itis supported by a plate which extends horizontally in the register andguides the strip 5 upon a platform 66 carried at the upper end of an inclined box 67 and between upper and lower blades 68 and 69 of a shearsfor cutting the strip 5 into salestickets or slips70 of a preof thestrips 3 and 4 which project from the reglsler after each actuation ofthe handle 35, the difference being that the slips 70 are not severed atthe same time that the ends of V the strips o with-thetearing edge 29.The shear blades 68 V and 69 are mounted upon a pivot 71 support-i 8 edby a'plate 72 at one side of the machine,

and 4 are torn by contact with box.

thebla'des extending through an opening73,"

and the position of'the shears being adjusted in the opening 73 from the1 outsi de of the reg: ister 'by a fastening screw'74. I-Theblades ofthe shears are inclined and-the upper one 68 is fixed mposition; and thelower one .is made movable to V producegthe cutting action.

To operate theshearsan arm 75 is secured,

tothe inner end of the shaft 34 and in'the path of the arm as-the shaftisrot-atedi's a projection 7 6 carried :at one end 'o-f alever 7 7mounted intermediate its e ds upon a pivot 7 8 secured to the si'de ofthe register teasing 12 Atthe other end'of the leveris as'lot 79 forengaging a projection 80 ofag'vertical slide" 81 mounted for movementin; straps .82 securedto the side of the casing and carrying a plate83-at its upper end with a horizontal slot 84 therein adapted to engage thefree-end of the inovable sheanbla de69 "Engagement I ofthe'projection 76at 'one end of the-lever 77 thelarm; 7 5 depresses this end and raisesthe other end of the lever against the tensionof a spring85,thereby-causing actuation of the shears tocut Off that} portionof'the strip 5 which projects through theshears, as shown in Figure 1;The spring 85 returns'theparts to their-position, as shown inthisfigure, as

to bein proper positionto receive the slips 70 and it issupported fromthe sides'ofthe casing "by la channel strip 86 dvhichhzis a fasten ngscrew 87 for. ad usting it in the slot 88 at the side of the casing,thelbox 67 being held in inclined position; as: shown in ios Figure .1,tocollect the sales slips 76in com pact form. Alid: 89 extends upwardlyfrom theenclofthebox to prevent the strip5 and the'slips 7 Ofrompassing:beyond orwithout the-box 67fand for directingthem within the Asufficient space is left between the lower end of the :box 67 and thechannel support-86 to allow the -strips3, 4 and '5 to pass thereunder ontheir'way from" th elroll' 14 to the roller 15.

It will be-observed that when theslips are nea-rly unwoundgfrom the core90-" ofthe-rollgthey will be inclined from the roll downwardlyto thereduced openingof the channel support? 86. a 1 7 determined length, thesame'as the portions WVith'this construction it is obvi'ous that thenumber. of'strips wound upon the roll 14 may be'va'ried and one or moreof the lower strips may be turned'inwardly within the'register, T

cut off and deposited within the registerjbox strips or tickets may beVaried within wide ":67 one or more sales slips maybe discharged 7 fromthe register; the;- length of the sales register-box andthelroller'raising' cam 39 may be varied accordingly; and the aligning"mechanism isautomatically actuated to insure that the several slipsunwound from the roll 14 will be positively engaged and moved intoregister at the time they are positioned for receiving writingorjprinting thereon through thecasing opening 17.

Iclaim: 1. In a register of the class described,

means ,for feeding a plurality of perforated V v 1' strips at each-actuation of the register, an aligning mechanism comprising a fingermovable to engagein the perforation of the strips and complete theirlfeeding movement in alignment, sa d mechanismcomprising means forpivotally mounting the fingers free'from the strips to; swing positivelyupwardly to] engagein the perforations, rocking arms carrying saidmounting means for completing the feedingrmovement of the fingers, and

stop means for withdrawing the fingers from "the perforations at the endof their aligning movement. r V V g 2. In an ahgning mechanlsm forperforated strips. in an account register, means for feeding, strips a'predetermined distance,

aligning fingers having a, pivoted shaft to swing them, upwardlytofengage the strip perforations at the end ofthe predeterminedmovement, means for moving the shaft and the fingersin engagement withstrip perforations :for aligning the strips, stop mechanism forwithdrawing the. fingers from the strip perforations atthe end oftheraligning movement of the fingers," 'means for preventing theupwardrmovement of thealigning fingers in the returning direction, andresilient means for returning the allgnlng fingers to'their originalposition;

'8. In an aligning mechanism for a perforated strlp' account register,means for feeding a plurality ofstrips'a predetermined portion of acomplete movement, aligning fingers for engaging correspondingperforations of the strips, a rock shaft in which the fingers aremounted for upward and strip aligning movement, controlling means forthe fingers I forlimiting the upward andfaligning movement, a stop forwithdrawing the fingers from engagement with the strips at the end ofthe aligning movement, a return car rier for preventing theupwardmovement ofthe fingers upon their return movement,-and-a"spr1ng I forengaging the shaft to return the fingers in connection with said carrierafter the fin- .gers are withdrawn-bythe stop. g :7 p ADAM ROHNER;

